"Your Majesty, please go quickly!" Mei Ya hurriedly stood up and said to Zhong Mingwei, "Don't keep the emperor waiting for too long."
Zhong Mingwei was still sitting there, staring at the plaque on the back wall, with the huge characters "唯仁" on it. No one knew what he was thinking. Meiya was anxious and wanted to remind him again, but then she saw Zhong Mingwei standing up. He walked to the bookshelf and took out a long brocade box from it. Meiya knew that it contained the imperial edict that Zhou Youan presented that day, which was for Zhong Zhiheng to pass the throne to Zhong Mingwei. But Meiya didn't know what Zhong Mingwei was going to do with this imperial edict at this time. "Your Majesty, please go to Ningshou Palace quickly! The imperial physician said that the emperor is afraid... afraid that he won't be able to hold on for much longer." The little eunuch reminded again anxiously.
At that moment, Zhong Mingwei took the brocade box and strode out of the imperial study, and Mei Ya hurriedly followed him.
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Ningshou Palace.
"Your Majesty, you are finally here!" Doctor Zhang saw Zhong Mingwei coming in and hurriedly went out to greet him. While bowing to Zhong Mingwei, he quickly told him about Zhong Zhiheng's condition. "The condition of the retired emperor could be controlled at the beginning. As long as he took good care of himself and didn't get angry, he could live for three to five years. But Prince Rong forced the emperor to abdicate, which frightened Your Majesty. In addition, Prince Rong didn't allow the imperial doctors to treat the retired emperor in the past month. There was no imperial doctor to take care of the retired emperor. It is said that the retired emperor was also treated harshly and was always hungry on weekdays. Therefore, it is conceivable that the retired emperor's condition has worsened. I am incompetent, so please punish me, Your Majesty!"
"Get up, the Imperial Hospital is not at fault, I know that in my heart," Zhong Mingwei said slowly, looking at the dark green curtain and then at Doctor Zhang, "How long can the Emperor hold on?"
Doctor Zhang was so busy that he bowed and said with a stiff face, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid...I'm afraid that the emperor won't make it to tomorrow."
"Okay, all of you can leave. I have something to say to the emperor alone." Zhong Mingwei said slowly.
"Yes, I will take my leave." At that moment, Imperial Physician Zhang and other imperial physicians and palace servants withdrew.
"Girl, go to the side hall and wait for me." Zhong Mingwei looked at Mei Ya who was still standing there motionless and said to her with a smile.
"Mingwei, what are you going to do?" Meiya looked at Zhong Mingwei with a worried look on her face. She also glanced at the dark green curtain, and then lowered her voice and said to Zhong Mingwei, "The emperor will not live long anyway, so you must not make the wrong decision. If any unpleasant news comes out at this time, how will you survive in the future? How will you hold the throne securely? Mingwei, promise me that you will not do something that will make you regret for the rest of your life because of a momentary impulse, okay?"
Meiya's worry was justified. Zhong Mingwei undoubtedly hated Zhong Zhiheng, whether it was because of the cause of death of Queen Zhenxianxiao, the suffering he had endured over the years, or the reason why he was poisoned by Huanqingsan. All of these were thorns in Zhong Mingwei's heart, and these thorns were inserted by Zhong Zhiheng himself. Today, Zhong Mingwei can finally stand in front of Zhong Zhiheng as a winner. Meiya naturally thought that Zhong Mingwei would want revenge, and would seize this last opportunity to pull out all the thorns in his heart and stab them into the heart of the culprit.
"What are you thinking about? The emperor is about to pass away, and as his son, I just want to send him off properly. Don't let your imagination run wild," Zhong Mingwei said, patting Mei Ya's shoulder and saying, "Be good and wait for me in the side hall."
"Okay, go in quickly and don't keep the emperor waiting too long." Mei Ya breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't want to waste Zhong Mingwei's time and went to the side hall.
Until Mei Ya's footsteps completely disappeared, Zhong Mingwei still stood there without moving. He looked at the dark green curtain in front of him. After a while, he took a deep breath, then lifted the curtain and entered the bedroom.
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